Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

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Grumman F-14J Tomcat - 203rd Hikotai, Japanese Air Self Defense Force, 1987

JASDFF-14JTOMCAT02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

JASDFF-14JTOMCAT03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

JASDFF-14JTOMCAT04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The Iranian F-14A was recently released as a DLC add-on and, apart from the original Iranian Camo scheme, it includes a really nice 'blue' Camo scheme which I've used here with JASDF markings - perhaps as a JASDF Aggressor unit

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BAe Hawk Mk.105 - No.2 (Leinster) Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 2008

IACHAWK12701 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHAWK12702 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHAWK12703 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACHAWK12704 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Dassault Mirage 5BA - No. 2 (Aggressor) Squadron, Belgian Air Force, 1987

BAFMIRAGE5BA01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFMIRAGE5BA02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFMIRAGE5BA03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFMIRAGE5BA04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

BAFMIRAGE5BA05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr
"So the student becomes the master..."

I've hacked the F-21A Lion skin to fit the Mirage 5BA (one of my favourite Mirages).

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British Aerospace Boreas FG.3 - No.17 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1991

RAFP4501 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFP4502 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFP4503 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFP4504 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFP4505 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Another simple skin for the P.45 by Cocas.

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Grumman F-14H Tomcat - 340 Mira, Hellenic Air Force, 1986

The 1979 Islamic Revolution saw the abrupt cessation of deliveries of the third batch of 60 F-14A fighters intended for Iran leaving Grumman with 44 unwanted Tomcats on their production line. Whilst payment for the aircraft was essentially underwritten by the US Government, Grumman were given permission to offer the aircraft to the export market and duly approached Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom but received only lukewarm interest. However, the Hellenic Air Force expressed strong interest in the aircraft and asked for a downgraded version (essentially without the AIM-54A Phoenix missile) to supplement it's F-4E interceptor force. In January 1980 an order was placed by Greece for 50 Tomcats comprising of 6 additional aircraft tagged onto the 44 Iranian aircraft on the production line and designated F-14H. Details of the deal were not officially disclosed at the time but are now known to have involved substantial offsets associated with the extension of leases on US bases in Greece.

HAFF-14HTOMCAT01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

HAFF-14HTOMCAT02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

HAFF-14HTOMCAT03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

HAFF-14HTOMCAT04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

HAFF-14HTOMCAT05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This skin is one of the USN Aggressor skins included in the F-14 skinpack released by Third Wire and I felt that Greek markings would work well with this scheme. I like this one myself!

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BAe Brigand FRS.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1983

The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act of 1977 called for the nationalisation and merger of the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation to form British Aerospace and in a rare moment of support for the British aviation industry the UK Labour Government announced the decision to purchase a multi-role tactical fighter for the RAF and Royal Navy as a boost to the newly-created company.

Originating from the Hawker HS.1202 design studies, the British Aerospace P.162 was a CTOL design in a configuration broadly similar to the F-16 albeit without blended body technology but with the newly fashionable LERX (leading edge root extensions). The P.162 was designed to be powered by the Rolls-Royce Pelenna afterburning turbofan, essentially a scaled Spey, rated at 18,000lbs dry thrust and 27,000lbs with reheat but the first two prototypes used the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 engine as a stop-gap until the Pelenna was ready. Officially named 'Brigand' the P.162 entered service as the Brigand FRS.1 with 899 Naval Air Squadron in 1983.

RNF-118BBRIGAND01 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND02 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND03 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND04 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND05 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This is Cocas' Vought V-1100 LWF Contender masquerading as the British Aerospace Brigand!

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Dassault Mirage FGA.2 - No.1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Strike Command, 1970

RAFMIRAGEFGA201 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIRAGEFGA202 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIRAGEFGA203 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFMIRAGEFGA204 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The Aussie Mirage IIIO is available as a DLC and covers the three versions in RAAF service (IIIOA, IIIOF and IIIOFA) with five different schemes (silver, two camo and two grey). I've just modified the nose radome on the stock early camo skin and added some No.1 squadron markings. As big a fan as I am of the Spey Phantom I can't help feeling that the 'urgent' requirement to replace the Hunter in RAF service could have been easily met by the Mirage in the early 1960's and supplemented by the Harrier in the late 1960's.

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BAe Brigand FRS.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1984

RNF-118BBRIGAND09 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND10 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND11 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND12 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Some small improvements. I'll move on to a version in overall EDSG with 'B' type markings.

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BAe Brigand FRS.1 - 801 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1985

RNF-118BBRIGAND13 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND14 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND15 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-118BBRIGAND16 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

Yes, I've gone a bit arty with Picture 2 but there's an insane amount of detail visible on the Sidewinder missile made by a very talented German modder 'Ravenclaw_007' who has pimped out many of the weapons to a similar level of detail. Even better, he is working his way through the F-4 Phantom family and pimping them out too. Anyway, this is the Brigand in overall EDSG and 'B' type markings.

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Supermarine Sora FG.1 - 767 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1962

RNSORAFG101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG105 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG106 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

This is Cocas' latest 3D model representing the Supermarine Type 576 - a thin-wing Scimitar development. Between us, we've christened it 'Sora' but it, in service, could be easily have been Scimitar F.2/S.2 or whatever. I'm really busy over the next few days but will try and look at some of the Scimitar F.1 schemes.

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Supermarine Sora FG.1 - 807 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1966

RNSORAFG107 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG108 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG109 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG110 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

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Supermarine Sora FG.1's - 736 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1963

RNSORAFG114 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG115 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG116 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNSORAFG117 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

736 NAS was the operational training unit for the Scimitar (and later the Buccaneer) but in my world they will be operational aboard HMS Eagle! (N.B. HMS Ark Royal is shown above as I haven't yet downloaded the Eagle).

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Grumman Tomcat FRS.1 - 736 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1980

Cross Deck operations with VF-1 of the Brazilian Navy

RNF-14KTOMCATFRS101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RNF-14KTOMCATFRS102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

My work on the Sora led me to wonder what a FAA Tomcat would look like with the white tail with a blue lightning flash seen on 736's Scimitars.

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British Aerospace Storm FG.1 - No.5 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1987

RAFSTORMFG101 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTORMFG102 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTORMFG103 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

RAFSTORMFG104 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

A quick re-decaling of Cocas' latest British 'what if'.

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Avia S-199 - No.1 Fighter Squadron, Irish Air Corps, 1949

IACS-19901 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACS-19902 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACS-19903 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

IACS-19904 by Spinners1961, on Flickr

The new A.I. plane pack contains the delightful S-99 and S-199 and I've used the latter here to make an Irish Air Corps version using the markings seen on their 1939-1954 era aircraft.